Karaikal Port Private Limited (KPPL) (Port Code: INKRK) is a private port developed by the Chennai based MARG Limited. Commissioned in April 2009 and developed in an area of 600 acres, Karaikal Port is located near the town of Karaikal in the Union Territory of Pondicherry, India. Since operations, the port has handled diverse cargo such as Coal, Sugar, Cement, Fertilizers, Project cargo, Agro commodities, Liquid cargo and Containers. The port has received over 1655 vessels since Commercial Operations and has handled over 55 million MT of various cargo.
KPPL has partners in Ocean Sparkle (marine operations) and PSTS (Stevedoring). Cargo evacuation is assisted by MARG Logistics, a sister concern of KPPL.
In the next few years, KPPL is expected to add new cargo flows to increase cumulative revenues and cargo handling to over 125 MMT by 2025. KPPL team is focused to make Karaikal Region as a favourable Investment destination which has holistic growth approach with a master plan to make Karaikal as Industrialized Smart City.